BRIGANTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, located in New Jersey, totals over 20,000 acres of coastal salt meadows, land brush and woodlands, and open ays and channels. Bird observation opportunities reach a peak during the spring and fall migrations. Wildlife trails, observation towers, and an information center are among the facilities available to the public. This list contains 270 species that have been identified on Brigantine since its establishment. Names and order of listing are in accord with the Fifth A.O.U. check-list, as amended Most birds are migratory, therefore their seasonal occurrence is coded as follows: SEASON s - Spring March-May I - Summer June-August F - Fall September-November W - Winter December-February t = Nesting has occurred on the refuge RELATIVE ABUNDANCE = abundant a species which is very numerous. certain to be seen or heard in suitable habitat. = uncommon present, but not certain to be seen. = occasional seen only a few times during a season. = rare seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years. 1931 LOONS - GREBES - CORMORANTS - HERONS and IBISES s S F W 4/11 PR Common Loon . . . . . . . s r o o Red-throated Loon . . . . . . . o u u Horned Grebe . . . . . . . . . . u u u Pied-billed Grebe . . . . . . . u o u Double-crested Cormorant . . . c u c u Great Blue Heron?/2/4/22 . . . . c c u u Green Heront . . . . . . . . . . u u u Little Blue Heront . . . . . . . u u o Cattle Egret . . . . . . . . . . u u u Great Egrett . . . . . . . . . . c c o Snowy Egrett . . . . . . . . . . c c o Louisiana Heront . . . . . . . u u u Black-crowned Night Heront . . u u u Yellow-crowned Night Heront . u u u Least Bitternt . . . . . . . . . u u u American Bitternt . . . . . . . u u u Glossy Ibis? . . . . . . . . . . a a o SWANS, GEESE and DUCKS Mute Swant . . . . . . . . . . c c c u Whistling Swan . . . . . . . . o u o u Canada Gooset . . . . . . . . . c c c c Brant . . . . . . . . . . . . . a o c c Snow Goose . . . . . . . . . . a o a a Mallardt . . . . . . . . . . . . c u c o Black Duck? . . . . . . . . . . a c a t Gadwallt . . . . . . . . . . . . c c u u Pintailt . . . . . . . . . . . . c o a u Green-winged Tealt . . . . . . c o a c Blue-winged Tealt . . . . . . . c o a t European Wigeon . . . . . . . r American Wigeon . . . . . . . c o a u Northern Shovelert . . . . . . . c o c c Wood Duckt . . . . . . . . . . u u o r Redhead . . . . . . . . . . . . o o r Ring-necked Duck . . . . . . . o o r Canvasback . . . . . . . . . . . o o r Greater Scaup . . . . . . . . . c u u Lesser Scaup . . . . . . . . . o o o Common Goldeneye . . . . . . . u u u s S F W Bufflehead . . . . . . . . . . c o c c Oldsquaw . . . . . . . . . . . c c c c Common Eider . . . . . . . . r r King Eider . . . . . . . . . . . r White-winged Scoter . . . . . c r c c Surf Scoter . . . . . . . . . . c r o c Black Scoter . . . . . . . . . c r c c Ruddy Duckt . . . . . . . . . u u o o Hooded Merganser . . . . . . . c r u o Common Merganser . . . . . . . c u u u Red-breasted Merganser . . . . c u u u VULTURES and HAWKS - QUAIL - RAILS and COOTS Turkey Vulture?/2/4/17 . . . . o o o r Sharp-shinned Hawk . . . . . . o u o Cooper's Hawk?/1/3/17 . . . . o u o Goshawk . . . . . . . . . . . . r r Red-tailed Hawk . . . . . . . . o o o o Red-shouldered Hawk . . . . . o r o r Broad-winged Hawkt . . . . . . o o o o Rough-legged Hawk . . . . . . o u o Golden Eagle . . . . . . . . . r r r Bald Eagle . . . . . . . . . . r r r Marsh Hawkt . . . . . . . . . u o u u Ospreyt . . . . . . . . . . . . u o u u Peregrine Falcon . . . . . . . u u r Merlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . u u o American Kestrelt . . . . . . . u u o o Ruffed Grouse . . . . . . . . . o u u u Bobwhitet . . . . . . . . . . . u u u u Ring-necked Pheasant . . . . . r r r o King Rail . . . . . . . . . . . o o o r Clapper Railt . . . . . . . . . a a a o Yellow Rail . . . . . . . . . . f r r Black Rail . . . . . . . . . . . r r r Virginia Railt . . . . . . . . u u u r Sora? . . . . . . . . . . . . . u u u Common Gallinule? . . . . . . u u u American Coot . . . . . . . . . u o u u PLOVERS, SNIPES and SANDPIPERS s S F W Ring-billed Gull . . . . . . . c o c c Laughing Gull? . . . . . . . . a a r r Bonaparte's Gull . . . . . . . . o u o o Gull-billed Tern? . . . . . . . o u u Forster's Tern? . . . . . . . . c c c Common Tern? . . . . . . . . . c c c Least Tern? . . . . . . . . . . c c c Royal Tern . . . . . . . . . . . o u u Caspian Tern . . . . . . . . . . r o u Black Tern . . . . . . . . . . . u u u Black Skimmer? . . . . . . . . c c c r Rock Dove . . . . . . . . . . . o o o o Mourning Dovel . . . . . . . . c c c c Yellow-billed Cockoot . . . . . u u r Black-billed Cockoot . . . . . u u r Barn Owl . . . . . . . . . . . r r r r Screech Owl . . . . . . . . . . u u u u Great Horned Owlt . . . . . . . u u u u Snowy Owl . . . . . . . . . . . r r r Barred Owl . . . . . . . . . . . r r r Short-eared Owl . . . . . . . . o u o o Saw-whet Owl . . . . . . . . . r r r Chuck-will's-widow . . . . . . . o o Whip-poor-will? . . . . . . . . u u u Common Nighthawk . . . . . . . o u u Chimney Swift . . . . . . . . . o o o HUMMINGBIRDS - KINGFISHERS - WOODPECKERS - FLYCATCHERS - and SWALLOWS Ruby-throated Hummingbird . . . o o o Belted Kingfisher? . . . . . . u u o o Common Flickert . . . . . . . u c o c Red-headed Woodpecker . . . . o o o Red-bellied Woodpecker . . . . o o o Yellow-bellied Sapsucker . . . . o o o Hairy Woodpecker . . . . . . . o o o o Downy Woodpeckert . . . . . . u u u u Eastern Kingbird . . . . . . . . u u u Western Kingbird . . . . . . . . r Great Crested Flycatchert . . . u u u GULLS and TERNS - DOVES - CUCKOOS - OWLS - NIGHTHAWKS s S F W Glaucous Gull . . . . . . . . . r r r Iceland Gull . . . . . . . . . r r r Great Black-backed Gull . . . c u c c Herring Gull? . . . . . . . . . a a a a